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"Muni" is a common abbreviation for "municipal", and sometimes becomes a frequently-used name for a city-related service or organization:

  • Saint Louis Municipal Opera, America's largest outdoor musical theatre (spelled MUNY in this case)
  • Municipal bonds
  • San Francisco Municipal Railway, a city transit agency in San Francisco, California
  • Springfield Municipal Opera
  • Muni Consortium (broadband communications)
  • Municipal Bridge (Saint Louis, Missouri)
  • slang term for a municipally-owned and -operated golf course

A muni is a mountain unicycle.


A muni is a sage or monastic, primarily from Hinduism, where the term originated. It is also sometimes used in Jainism and Buddhism.


Paul Muni (1897-1967) was an American actor.


Scott Muni (1930-2004) was an American disc jockey.


Masaryk University Brno is often abbreviated to "Muni".


Rio Muni was a Spanish colony that is now part of Equatorial Guinea.



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